Dedication: Professor Ronald A. Asherson, M.D. (Hon), F.R.C.P., M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.P., F.A.C.R., Dip. O&G (Hon) [1934–2008] - Favaloro,E.J.; Wong,R.C. (Semin Thromb Hemost, 2008)